Snoopy's mother is one of the few Peanuts characters to have first appeared in an animated television special before later appearing in the comic strip, (the only other one being Snoopy's brother Andy). Snoopy's mother, named as Missy in the special, is seen in a flashback in Snoopy's Reunion, which was first televised on May 1, 1991. Her first appearance in the strip was on July 26, 1996, in which she came on a World War I troopship to visit Spike, (in the infantry), who was ill..

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In the TV special, Snoopy's Reunion, Snoopy's mother is given the name Missy, and in the iPad app Snoopy's Street Fair, his father is given the name Baxter. However, neither of these names have been given in strip, and therefore, cannot be considered canon.